Isabella McRae, Author at Big Issue

Isabella McRae

Isabella McRae is a senior reporter and feature writer at The Big Issue. She reports on a wide range of issues across social affairs and culture. Isabella was awarded Best News Story at the Anti-Slavery Day Awards in 2025. She was also a winner of the PPA Next Gen Awards in 2023, formerly known as the 30 under 30, and was shortlisted for journalist of the year in the Scope Disability Awards 2024. Get in touch with Isabella through isabella.mcrae@bigissue.com

Spring Statement

Cuts, taxes and Labour dissent: What to expect from the chancellor's Spring Statement

Food banks

'Frustrated, angry, exhausted': Food banks forced to 'throw out food donated by supermarkets'

BBC's Crongton is a 'celebration of Alex Wheatle's incredible life and powerful stories'

Disability benefits

Here's how to make your voice heard against the DWP's disability benefit cuts

Stephen Fry, Stanley Tucci and Rosie Jones are among those calling for Labour to scrap its plans for disability benefit cuts

Disability benefits

Stanley Tucci, Stephen Fry, Rosie Jones and more hit out over benefit cuts: 'It breaks my heart'

Disability benefits

DWP minister 'regrets' making disabled people feel anxious over benefit cuts

Disability benefits

Benefit cuts are a 'violation of human rights' which will harm ill and disabled people, Labour warned

Benefits

Cuts, universal credit and PIP: Everything you need to know about Labour's benefits overhaul

Child poverty

Over 85,000 children in Britain living in extreme poverty: 'There's a sense of hopelessness'

Disability benefits

'I'll lose my ability to be part of society': Disabled people fear life after Labour's benefit cuts

Five years since the pandemic

'Being alive is utterly exhausting': How Covid forced people out of work and onto benefits

Cost of living

Cuts, taxes and Labour dissent: What to expect from the chancellor's Spring Statement

'Frustrated, angry, exhausted': Food banks forced to 'throw out food donated by supermarkets'

BBC's Crongton is a 'celebration of Alex Wheatle's incredible life and powerful stories'

Here's how to make your voice heard against the DWP's disability benefit cuts

Stanley Tucci, Stephen Fry, Rosie Jones and more hit out over benefit cuts: 'It breaks my heart'

DWP minister 'regrets' making disabled people feel anxious over benefit cuts

Benefit cuts are a 'violation of human rights' which will harm ill and disabled people, Labour warned

Cuts, universal credit and PIP: Everything you need to know about Labour's benefits overhaul

Over 85,000 children in Britain living in extreme poverty: 'There's a sense of hopelessness'

'I'll lose my ability to be part of society': Disabled people fear life after Labour's benefit cuts

'Being alive is utterly exhausting': How Covid forced people out of work and onto benefits

Poorest Brits now worse off than poorest people in Slovenia, report finds – here's why

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